Weather-strip.



No. 314,893. PATENTED MAR. 13. BG. G. VOSE. WEATHER STRIP.

PILIUATIOB FILED AUG. 'i'. 191mY lV INITED STAllES PATENT OFFIGE.

CLIFTON VOSE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

' WEATHER-erm?.

Specification nf Letters Yatent.

Patenten March 13, 190B.

Application s :ingaat i963. Serial No. 188.681,

The improvement is `intended more especiaiiy for e' Window which turnsor swings on a `vin'ticcl axis like e door; but it may serve well fordoors. Lwill describe it es epplied to such e window. It is most re uredat the bottom, hutit may serve also we at the top, andi will showvit in.both positions. It effects amore than usually complete arrest of wateror wind.l 'Slhere is provision: for yielding which"allows -forimperfections A in the workmanship andgfor distortionsV due to settlingor other causes. It may also serve as a protection f the joint et themeet' -rail between t'wo AI will also show 1t as thus ap lied. f

v efolloviring is a description of what I consider the best means ofcarrying out the in'- vention, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, fcrminga part of this specifi cation.V

Fxgurel is a vertical cross-section of the base of s window havi eVswinging sash in' the closed condition.' f Fig-2 is a. corres ondi ingsection showing s modication.

shows a vertical cross-section of the head of a. 'window hav'sswinginglsash in the. closed condition. Fig. 4 shows orizontel.sections of the meeting-rails of two seshes in the closed condi tion.

Similar letters of reference indicate come spending parts in all thefigures where 'they a ar. Y

pteeferring tozQig. l, A. is the fixed sill, A a

l A horizontal plate XecLtherecn extendin hori` mentally, te the leftover an offset c in t e sill endli is an ordixry stop extending upwardase of the sashv .of this groove til an on the left side, s

above the otherfportion of the sill. B is the bottom raihc the sash,formed with n wide cove bextendr along its mid-width. The` is higher onthe right side e lowin it to move freelyi over the plete A( as the sasis swung. A stifleY of sheet metal (marked D with supernunienls) issecured in the groove e and is wrought. by hand or machinery to .presenta. pertinll. '-fclded condition near 'each ed e. -Online left side a.suilicient breadth near i [fs edge extends horizontally to the right atthe bottom of the sash. It extends something ike half-way across thegroove b and when the window. is closed extends considcrsbly under thefixed plate A. The adjacent portion 13" extends upthc full height of thcgroove. Next to this 1s n broad mam portion D, extendin the full breadthof the groove. 0n the ri it .a narrow portion D extends downwer a shortdistance,

end from the lower edge of this e. narrow portionlll extends to theleft. All is one integral strp of herd brass or other suitableInsftcrisl adapted to endure the conditions. The strip'is secured bynciis or screws C. It is en inverted trou h of sheet mets-l with eachedge 'extended inward, presenting n hook form in cross-section. It 1sixed inunovah in the sssh. E is a fla of the same er s di ferentmeteriai, carrie in the sash end {noir-- able therein. @ne edge, the riht, is received in the shaiow hook over the orizontal portion DE at theright. The flap may turn hngewise on this edge, the left edge beingfreevto rise and sink 1n the space above the plate A' in the deeper hookon the left. G is one of a seriesv of springs abutting auainst theportion D of the inverted trough and pressing enti downward on the hep Enear itsreee e,t cleft edge.

Wheat e sash is swung open, the Bap mary descend and touch the underpart D'. t

Vwill do so unless restrained by the tightness Y of the hinge formed bythe hook at the ri ht.

It is' inpractice immaterial whether the op descends so low or not whenthe sash is swung o en. When the sash is swung into the c osed position,it receives the lete A over,-I

the part D and under the flap The mobilit of the lisp allows forimperfections in the orms and locations of the parts by rising tovarious heights as required, the action cf the springs G olding italways down in contact with the psrt D5 and making tight joint.

The lste A is stroncflyv supported end is roo nHep nd the springs andthe hooks which serve as a. hinge on the right and honsing on theleftf--ereV protected from all ordinary or extraordinary strains bybeing recessed in the bottom of the sash or door.

I propose to use the invention in situations,

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l as around the doors of slio\\'cases, where there-may not be muchliability to strong currents, and in any cases wherey it is desirable toprevent any circulation in order to avoid the accumulation of dust.

ln Fig. '3 the bent plate A is secured to the sill A and has its upperportion extending horizontally from the otl'set fi. 'lht` bottoni of thesash is rabheted at e. 'lhe hooks D' and D5 are forined on stri is ofsheet metal D D, which are secured to tlhe sash through the intermediaryof the wooden strip d. 'llie operation is the sanieas with the arrangeunient4 of Figi'. l-that is to' say, the edge o sill-plate A entersbetween the spring-Hap E and thehook D', like the correspondiin!` edgeot sill- )late A' in Fig. l. i

In lig. 3 the metal strips D D, carrying the hooks D' D5, are secured ina ralibet on the to i rail B of the sash through a wooden strip i).'llie lient plate .\,whoseed;:e enters between the llap E and hook D',is fastened to the under -side of the lintel A. At l*` is an ordinarystop.

In Fig. 4 the spring-Ila i E, with its hooks Ds D,is carried by one oftie meeting-rails G of a pair of hinged sash, and the plate A', whoseedve enters between the' llap E and h'ook D", is carried by the othermeeting-rail G. 'l`lie hook D* is preferably inclined with respectto thebody of 'the metal strip D, which is secured to the wooden strip d. Theplate A is lettered the same as the corresponding plate in Fig. 1,because, likethis latter, it. is Hat. It is inclined to correspondwithtlie position of hook D.

1n all the forms what I have termed the "hiiwe may be an elastic union,so long as the unctions are performed of supporting the Hap and allowinf it a moderate amount of turiiin `motion. lien the hinge is thuselastic, t e sprins G are of no importance and may be wea er or even beomitted entirely.

I claiin as iny invention* l. A weather-strip comprising two plates onone part, one movable and the other fixed, arranged as shown, so thatthe fixed plate .shields the movable one and performs the i doublefunction of defending it against injnry, and also of arrestinu thepassage of 1 water or wind; and one plzii'te on the other part arrangedto be received between the l ixed and the movable plate, allsubstantially as herein speeilied. I 2. A weather-strip comprising twoplates on ont` part, naine y, a rigid plate in the more exposed positionand a yielding plate behind the saine: and a plate on the other partarranged to be received between the irstmentioned plates, substantiallyas described.

In a weather-strip, a sheet-metal trough with each edge detlected inwardto form a. hook, iii combination with a movable part engaged in themanner of a hinge in one'of the hooks, and a plate arranged to be .reccived between said plates and to inak'e a tight contact with themovable one, all silbstaiitially as herein specified. 1

4. A \\'eatliei--strip in which a book, and a. flap in tht` form of astrip resting at ,the edge on said hook, on one part., are combined witha plate on the other part, the edge of said plate entering between saidHap and hook, substantially as described.

5. A weather-strip having a. Hap which is supported b v hooks atopposite edges of said lap,in combination with a plate which entersbetween the flap and ont` of said hooks,` sub- Stantiallvas described.

Signed York and State of New York, this 6th day of August, A. D. 1903. Ai

CLIFTON vosE.

"itnessesz FRANK W. STANLEY, Josera M. Vosiz.

at New York, in the county of New f

